Leather. Diamond tuft on seat backs but diamonds sewn on the cushions.

1912

Leather with tufted and sewn diamonds on backs and cushions.
Imitation leather may have appeared before the 1913 models.

1913-1927

Leather phased out and replaced with imitation material. Seat
bottoms were leather until about mid-1913, with seat backs and sides in
imitation leather beginning earlier (perhaps as early as 1912). In general, the
cars with leather upholstery had diamond-tufted seats. The imitation leather
seats had a sewn diamond pattern until about 1914 when the seat backs became
pleated. The seat bottoms continued the sewn diamond pattern until 1917 models.
1917 and later cars used only the pleated design.

The front roll of the arm rest was leather until around 1916.
1917 and later cars had a small metal cap on the arm rest, and no longer used
the leather.

Door and side panels were covered with imitation leather
until about 1917 when the side panels were changed to a black cardboard-like
material, with a trim welting around the edges. 1926 and 1927 cars came with and
without buttons in the seat upholstery.

Sedan: (Centerdoor) Gray and white striped pattern in wool but less ornate
than the 1915. Seats were pleated instead of diamond-tufted. Trimmed in gray lace.

Coupe: Seats, door panels and straps were changed to imitation leather during this
period. The top also changed to imitation leather, and was now lined and trimmed with
green fabric and lace.

Town Car: The seats, front and rear were real leather. The jump seats and door panels were
covered with imitation leather. The top also changed to imitation leather and was lined and
trimmed with the same blue/gray fabric used on the 1915 sedan. Later (mid-1916 and on) used a
less ornate cloth top lining.

1918

The Sedan and Town Car continued as in 1917.
The Coupelet used gray whipcord fabric and lace previously used in the Sedan.
The cowl area was trimmed in imitation leather.

1919-1922

Sedan: Continued as in 1917. With the introduction of the starter (1919) came a dashboard
and gray whipcord quarter panels.

Coupelet: Continued the gray whipcord fabric and lace trim introduced in 1918 and, like the
sedan, had whipcord quarter panels.

1922-1923

Centerdoor Sedan and Coupe: Brown wool. Carpet at the bottom of the doors.

1923-1924

Tudor, Fordor and Coupe: Brown wool. No carpet on the bottom of the doors in later
production.

1925

Tudor and Coupe: Brown wool as in 1923. Fordor; dark-blue wool. Tudor and
Coupe may have been blue in later 1925 models.

1926

Gray with red stripe on maroon cars, gray with green stripe on green cars. Headliner and body panels
were gray with no stripe.

1927

Gray with white stripe on all cars. Headliner and body panels with no stripe.

WEIGHTS

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

TOURING

11/1/19

1580

1500

12/16/20

1575

1485

1640

7/15/22

1571

1477

1625

1535

6/4/23

1596

1510

1655

1573

9/4/23

1603

1517

1652

1580

7/24/24

1600

1500

1650

1553

td>1/10/25

1594

1494

1644

1547

10/8/25

1703

1607

1728

1628

1738

1640

RUNABOUT

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

11/1/19

1480

1390

12/16/20

1465

1380

1525

7/15/22

1480

1385

1533

1445

6/4/23

1474

1388

1533

1451

9/4/23

1481

1395

1540

1458

7/24/24

1477

1375

1527

1427

1/10/25

1471

1369

1521

1421

10/8/25

1622

1526

1645

1547

1655

1557

COUPE

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

11/1/19

1680

1580

1685

1680-with instrument board and battery
only

12/16/20

1685

11/16/22

1729

6/4/23

1744

9/4/23

1772

7/24/24

1755

1/10/25

1749

9/24/25

1828

1732

1851

1755

1860

1758

10/8/25

1851

FORDOR

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

11/16/22

1915

2/26/23

1939

6/4/23

1945

9/4/23

1950

7/24/24

1933

1/10/25

1927

10/8/25

1994

TUDOR

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

11/1/19

1845

1875

1815-with instrument board and
battery only

12/16/20

1875

2/26/23

1900

9/4/23

1923

10/27/23

1898

2/19/24

1898

7/24/24

1888

1/10/25

1862

9/24/25

1939

1842

1961

1862

1972

1875

10/8/25

1961

ROADSTER PICKUP

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

10/8/25

1706

1610

1729

1736

1638

CHASSIS

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

11/1/19

1080

1060

12/16/20

1155

1070

1215

7/15/22

1175*

1082*

1230

1140*

*Includes fenders and aprons and 16 lb gas tank

6/4/2

1196

1110

1255

1173

9/4/23

1203

1117

1262

1180

7/24/24

1205

1103

1253

1158

1/10/25

1199

1097

1247

1152

10/8/25

1218

1122

1243

1144

1250

1151

CHASSIS (Coupe)

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

7/15/22

1707(?)

9/4/23

1268

7/24/24

1256

1/10/25

1251

CHASSIS (Fordor)

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

11/16/22

1271 (Including fenders)

6/4/23

1255

9/4/23

1260

7/24/24

1252

1/10/25

1246

CHASSIS (Tudor)

ModelDate

StarterClincher

Non-starterClincher

StarterDemountable

Non-starterDemountable

StarterBalloon

Non-starterBalloon

12/16/20

1215

7/15/22

1900(?)

6/4/23

1245

10/27/23

1250

2/19/24

1250

7/24/24

1237

1/10/25

1231

TT CHASSIS

StarterPneumatic

Non-starterPneumatic

StarterSolid

Non-starterSolid

11/1/19

1340

1395

12/16/20

1430

7/15/22

1520

1427

1480

6/4/23

1565

1480

1560

9/4/23

1572

1487

1567

7/24/24

1520

1423

1612

1515

1/10/25

1514

1417

1606

1509

10/8/25

1577

1473

1617

1513

TT CHASSIS WITH CAB

StarterPneumatic

Non-starterPneumatic

StarterSolid

Non-starterSolid

6/13/24

1798

1701

1887

1790

8/11/24

1798

1702

1887

1790

12/30/24

1792

1696

1881

1784

1/10/25

1792

1696

1851

1784

TT CHASSIS WITH CAB AND EXPRESS BODY

StarterPneumatic

Non-starterPneumatic

StarterSolid

Non-starterSolid

6/13/24

2155

2061

2247

2145

7/24/24

2155

2062

2247

2145

1/10/25

2149

2056

2241

2139

TT CHASSIS, CAB, EXPRESS BODY AND CANOPY WITH SCREENS

StarterPneumatic

Non-starterPneumatic

StarterSolid

Non-starterSolid

(No rear fenders but with lamps and tools)

8/11/24

2342

2252

2438

2333

12/30/24

2336

2246

2432

2327

BODIES

Fordor

Coupe

Tudor

Touring

Runabout

Open Cab Truck

12/16/20

415

308 (less instrument panel)

12/16/20

475

675

421

309 (with instrument panel)

7/15/22

477

670

395

303

11/16/22

644

499

2/26/23

668

499

670

395

303

6/4/23

690

499

678

400

278

9/4/23

690

504

648

400

278

260

6/13/24

681

499

653

395

272

275

10/8/25

704

563

669

456

374

249

(Open car bodies included top and windshield)

ClosedCab

Express w/Fenders

Express w/oFenders

CanopyRoof>

SideScreens

GateScreens

10/27/23

353

2/19/24

373

8/11/24

357

86

51

33

10/8/25

383

354

335

74

55

30

Stakes forCanopy

PlatformBody

StakeBody

Stakes

Runabout Body&Pickup Bed

Pickup Bed

8/11/24

18

12/30/24

588

3/21/25

406

10/8/25

18

452

615

163

WHEELS1909-1910

Part #

Factory #

Description

2800

291

Front, red

2801

291

Front, green

2802

291

Front, gray

2812

99

Rear, red

2813

99

Rear, green

2814

99

Rear, gray

30 x 3 tires in front, 30 x 3-1/2 at rear. Hubs had 5-1/2&quot:
flanges. Front and rear hubs appeared similar, unlike 1911 and later style. Ball
bearings in front hubs. Round-felloe, painted body color, with and without
striping. Striping varied but generally was an open V on the spokes,
and a single ring on the felloe. Hub caps were brass with Ford in
block letters. Thin oval spokes.

1911-1916

2800

291

Front, blue

2814B

99

Rear, For non-tapered axle. (Early 1911)

2814C

2815

Rear, blue, tapered axle

Same tire size but heavier construction and 6 flanges. Rear
hub heavier with change to tapered axles; no longer looked the same as the front
hubs. Painted blue, with and without striping as on the earlier cars. Hub caps
had Ford in script, with Made in USA added in late 1912.
The F in the Ford was higher in the early caps, and
there seems to have been some variation in size and placement of the lettering,
perhaps due to different suppliers. Rims were screwed to the felloes (#10 x
3/4 flat head) in 1909 through sometime in 1912, after which they were
riveted with 3/16 rivets with a washer on the inside. Also, perhaps at the
change to the riveted felloes, the tire valve holes were specified to be lined
with steel tubing (9/16 o.d., #25 B.W. gauge). Spokes were oval-shaped and
the felloes were rounded

1917-1918

2800

291

Front

2814C

2815

Rear

Hub caps of the same pattern were now nickel-plated. The
front hubs were made with a longer shoulder. Rear tires now had tread pattern.
(The front tires remained smooth. The treaded rear tires began appearing during
1916.) The felloes were changed to square instead of being rounded,
apparently in late 1917 or early 1918 according to a letter dated April 16, 1918
at the Ford Archives.

1919-1924

2800

291B

Front, Non-demountable

2800B

291D

Front, Kelsey demountable (1919-1924)

2800C

291E

Front, Hayes demountable (1921-1923)

2800G

291G

Front

2814C

2815

Rear, Non-demountable

2814G

2815B

Rear, Kelsey demountable (1919-1924)

2814H

2815C

Rear, Hayes demountable (1921-1923)

2814J

7698C

Rear, Ford demountable (1922)

2814J2

7698D

Rear, Ford demountable (1923)

2814K

2815E

Rear, Ford Demountable (1924-1925)

Demountable rims available as an option, using 30 x 3-1/2
tires all around. Hayes, Kelsey, and Ford supplied wheels, so there were
variations in the style. The rims were zinc plated. Non-demountable wheels
continued as standard equipment. In 1920 the wooden felloes were replaced with
steel, and wheels could then be supplied without hubs. (The wood-felloe wheels
tended to warp when there was no hub in place.) On July 14, 1921 The shape of
the spokes was specified as being round instead of oval in cross section. 30 x 3
tires were used in front when the car had the standard (non-demountable) wheels.
Hub caps were nickel-plated but about 1923 they were made of steel, rather than
brass. (Steel had been used as far back as 1918 but brass replaced the earlier
steel for a time.) According to blueprints, caps were also made of zinc
(polished but not plated) around 1924.

Beginning in 1919, front wheel bearings were changed to
Timkin roller on trucks and, later, closed cars. By 1920 they were standard on
all cars with demountable wheels but apparently the ball type were used on open
cars with non-demountable wheels until 1925.

Initially, demountable wheels and rims supplied by Kelsey and
Hayes were not interchangeable, apparently even within the same brand. With the
introduction of Ford wheels (apparently made by Firestone and
Cleveland companies) all brands became alike so that any rim could be used on
any wheel. It would have been possible that more than one manufacturer’s
wheels could have appeared on a single car.

Non-demountable front wheels which used 30 by 3 tires
were apparently dished throughout production. Wheels which used 30 by
3-1/2 tires (demountables and 1926 non-demountables) appear to have not
been dished.

In a letter to the Ford branches dated March 7, 1924, the following appeared:

Wheels and Rims

The necessary changes have been made in the Kelsey
wheel and rims also the Firestone and Cleveland rims so that with the exception
of a few Kelsey wheels which are still to be shipped, we will have but one wheel
and one rim for production, even though they are being shipped from three
different sources. The felloe band on the Kelsey wheel has been changed so that
it is exactly the same dimension as the Ford, Hayes, or Motor wheel and a car
could be built with one wheel of each make. The rims have been changed to the
‘attached lug’ type and a car could be built using one rim of each Hayes,
Kelsey, Motor Wheel, and Firestone.

This arrangement will make it possible to report front
demountable wheels as one item, rear demountable wheels as one item and T-8774
rims as one item. The bolts and nuts are also interchangeable…This arrangement
will eliminate the necessity of carrying the stocks in your plant separately,
i.e., when you receive a carload from Kelsey you can unload it and put material
in the same pile with Hayes or Ford wheels and the rims with Hayes, Cleveland or
Firestone rims.

T-8834A Demountable Rim Clamp Nut for Kelsey wheels.
Will be used for service on these wheels and also as a unit of one on all cars
equipped with demountable wheels and will be known as the Tire Carrier Clamp Nut…

With this arrangement it is necessary to carry in service the following:

T-8807

Clamp and nut assembly (Firestone and Cleveland rims).

T-8831BR

Clamp (Kelsey)

T-8831FR

Clamp (Firestone or Cleveland)

T-8774CR

Demountable rim which was the original rim furnished by Cleveland
and Firestone (rolled bead type).

T-8774DR

Demountable rim, Cleveland & Firestone solid bead type.

T-8774AR

Demountable rim (Kelsey old style).

T-291DR

Front wheel, demountable (Kelsey)

T-2815BR

Rear wheel, demountable (Kelsey)

When supplying Service for the other types of wheels
which have been used you may take any make of wheel from your assembly stock to
fill this order, likewise with the attached-hub rim. In carrying stocks of
hubless wheels it will be necessary to carry one wheel for Kelsey and one wheel
which may be shipped from either Hayes, Kelsey, Ford, or Motor Wheel for
supplying replacements of all other makes.

LIST OF WHEELS, RIMS, RIM PARTS TO BE CARRIED BY BRANCHES FOR
PRODUCTION AND SERVICE

T-291B

Front Wheel Clincher (Hayes Motor Wheel)

T2815A

Rear Wheel Clincher (Hayes Motor Wheel)

T-291

Front Wheel, Demountable (New style interchangeable)

T-2815

Rear Wheel, Demountable (New style interchangeable)

T-8774

Demountable rim

T-8332

Demountable rim nut (Hayes, Firestone, Cleveland, Kelsey)

T-8334

Demountable rim nut (Hayes, Firestone, Cleveland, Kelsey)

TT-178

Truck Clamping Ring (Kelsey)

TT-2815B

Truck Wheel, demountable (Kelsey)

TT-8774A

Truck Rim, demountable (Kelsey)

TT-2815C

Rear Truck Wheel, demountable (Hayes-Bimel)

TT-8774B

Truck demountable rim (Hayes)

TT-8807

Truck demountable rim clamp and nut assembly (Kelsey)

TT-8832

Truck demountable rim bolt (Hayes, Kelsey)

TT-8834A

Demountable rim nut (Kelsey)

TT-7645A

Truck wheel (Solid tire)

SERVICE PARTS

T-291D

Front wheel, demountable (Kelsey old style)

T-2815B

Rear wheel, demountable (Kelsey old style)

T-8774AR

Demountable rim (Kelsey old style)

T-8774CR

Demountable rim (Firestone, Cleveland Rolled bead type)

T-8774DR

Demountable rim (Firestone, Cleveland Solid bead type)

T-8807

Demountable rim clamp (Firestone, Cleveland)

T8831BR

Demountable rim clamp (Kelsey)

T-8831FR

Demountable rim clamp (Firestone, Cleveland)

T-293AR

Hubless demountable wheel (Kelsey)

T-293BR/CR

Hubless demountable wheel (Hayes, Ford, Motor Wheel)

T-295AR

Hubless clincher wheel, front

T-2816

Hubless clincher wheel, rear

TT-2817AR

Hubless truck wheel (Kelsey)

TT-2817BR

Hubless truck wheel (Hayes)

For the present we will have two truck wheels, the same
as in the past. We will within a short time have this corrected so that there
will be but one type of these wheels. The clincher wheels will be handled as in
the past.

1925

Same wheels as above but 21 balloon tire/wheels an option.

2800I

291H

Front 21 Balloon, black (1925-1927)

2800J

291I

Front 21 Balloon, natural (1925-1927)

2814N

2815F

Rear 21 Balloon, black (1925)

2814P

2815G

Rear 21 Balloon, natural (1925)

21 wheels finished in natural wood were available in addition to the
standard black.

1926

2800A1

291J

Front 30x3-1/2 Non-demountable (1926)

2800I

291H

Front 21 Balloon, black (1925-1927)

2800J

291I

Front 21 Balloon, natural (1925-1927)

2814F2

7698H

Rear 30x3-1/2 Non-demountable (1926)

2814N2

2815J

Rear 21 Balloon, black (1926-1927)

2814P2

2815M

Rear 21 Balloon, natural (1926-1927)

2881

2846

Front/Rear, 21 Wire (1926-1927)

Early production continued the options available in 1925 but
the 30 x 3-1/2 (all around) demountable wheels became standard after a short
time, then the 21 wheels with demountable rims became standard. 21 wood
wheels were the same as 1925 except for the 11 rear brake drums. Wire wheels,
introduced in January 1926 in black only at first, then in several colors,
became optional. These used the same 21 tires as the wooden balloon wheels.
New hub caps, nickel-plated steel, were used with the wire wheels.

1927

Standard wheels were the 21 demountables, with the wire
wheels an option. Wire wheels became standard equipment in the last production
on closed cars beginning in late 1926. Black was the supplied color; other
colors were special order or dealer-installed options.

2803 (T-200) Ball bearing
2803B (T-219) Roller bearing
Similar to 1918 style but now fitted with Timken roller
bearings on all cars except the open models without electrical equipment and
with non- demountable wheels, which continued the ball bearings until about 1925.

1926-1927

2803B (T-219) Wood wheels
2882 (T-2841) Wire wheels
Wood wheels used same hubs as 1925. Wire wheels had entirely different design hub with five studs
to secure the wheel.

REAR WHEEL HUBS1909-1910
2815 (T-102)

Designed for non-tapered axle with pin through the diameter
to hold the wheel. 5-1/2 diameter flanges. The general shape of the hub was
like that of the front hubs.

1911

2815B (T-40B)

Non-tapered axle continued into early 1911. 6 flange style hubs for these axles.

Wood wheels used same hubs as 1925. Wire wheels had entirely
different design hub with five studs to secure the wheel.

WOOD WHEEL COLORS

Early wheels were shown as blue in the parts
books. Apparently this color continued until about 1915 (a guess, it could have
been earlier or later). In 1914 the factory listed the following paints to be
used on the wheels:

Finish coat F-753 Gear Varnish. (This was basically a clear varnish top coat also used on bodies.)

The blue was an almost-black color, easily taken as black.

WIRE WHEEL COLORS
(Late 1926, and 1927)

Casino Red, Emerald Green, Straw, Drake Green (1927) and Black.

In late 1926 when wire wheels became standard on the closed
cars (but not all at the same time), the standard wire wheel color was black.
Colored wheels were special order or dealer-installed.

WHEEL HUB CAPS

The following information is based on the factory blueprints,
with the dates an approximation based on the dates of the blueprints. As with
most Model T parts, there could have been considerable overlapping in the use of
the various designs.

1909-1910

Brass, with Ford in block letters. Top is domed with a 2-5/8 radius.

1911

Brass, with Ford in script. No Made in
USA. Had rounded-end style, in the same pattern as the 1909-10.

1911-1912

Brass, with Ford in script. Made in
USA in later production. Ends were now flat, with a thin outer border,
similar to the later types.

1913-1914

Brass, similar to 1912 but with Made in USA.
Most, if not all, versions had the Ford with a higher than usual
F.

1914-1915

Brass, similar to the 1913 type but the hexagon part now had
a scalloped appearance at the junction of the main body of the cap.
The background of the top was painted black. The high F was discontinued.

1924

The black background was discontinued. During 1915 the caps
were made of steel, being brass plated until 1917 models (July 1916), then
nickel plated. Sometime, perhaps in 1917, the top was redesigned with a smaller
diameter circle in which the Ford was stamped. The Ford
is smaller but the Made in USA is a bit larger. (The unrestored 1917
Rip Van Winkle Ford had the earlier high F style caps on
the left side, and the later type on the right side.)

1924-1926

While appearing the same as the previous design, the caps
were made of zinc.

1926-1927

Nickel-plated brass and similar in style to the previous type.

Caps for wire wheels were with the Ford script but were of
steel and were larger; crimped in place on the wheels. Nickel-plated.

WINDSHIELD
(Open cars unless otherwise noted)1909

RandsTroy (brass and wood frames)Mezger (Automatic)
Optional on early open cars. Support rods to front of car
fastened to the radiator mounting bolt, or the front or rear fender-iron mounting bolt,
depending on manufacturer.

1910

Troy (few)
Rands
Mezger (Automatic)

1911

Rands
Vanguard
Mezger (Automatic)

1911

Torpedo & Open Runabout

Windshields were held in place with two clamps (two each of
f/n T2266B & T2267B) near the ends of the firewall. When the Torpedo and
Open Runabouts first appeared, the usual clamps would not hold the windshield
solidly due to the slope of the lower windshield panel. This problem was
initially solved by installing a third clamp (T2665 front clip) at the center of
the windshield; this clamp having a greater curve to grip the lower windshield
frame. After a short period, the outer clamps were modified (or replaced by the
T2665 perhaps), eliminating the need for the center clamp.

1912

Rands
Vanguard

1913

Rands
Diamond
Vanguard
Standard
Sloping lower section with upper half that folded forward.
Painted black. All except one Rands used halves of different sizes and they were
generally the same overall dimensions. Rands supplied two styles, one similar to
the other brands, and one with both halves of equal size, and which required a
different set of support brackets and a modified front top bow.

1914

Standard
Similar to 1913 but top section now folded backwards (towards the driver). The windshield support
brackets had a bow in them to clear the folded section.

1915-1916

Upright windshield which folded to the rear at the center.
Hinges had equal-length arms. Mounting bracket was riveted to the windshield
frame. Sidelights mounted on this bracket.

1917-1929

Similar to 1916 but about April 1917 the hinges had unequal
arms so that when folded the upper half was above the lower. The mounting
bracket was now separate and screwed to the windshield frame. (After about Feb.
1917.) With the introduction of electrical equipment in mid-1919 the windshield
mounting brackets were redesigned to eliminate the side lamp brackets on those
supplied by the factory with starters. The older style (with the brackets for
the oil lamps) continued on the non-starter cars.

1920-1922

Similar to the 1917-20 style except that the brackets no
longer had the integral oil lamp supports. The oil lamps, used only on non-starter cars, now had a
separate forged mounting bracket, held by the same bolts that secured the windshield frame to
the body.

1923-1925

Sloping windshield with a fixed lower section and an upper
section which pivoted forward or backward. Sidelight brackets now a separate
item and were used only on non-electric cars. Posts now bolted to the body,
eliminating the forging used earlier. Top now fastened to the top of the
windshield posts.

1926-1927

Similar to 1925 but both sections could be moved; the lower
section only outward, the upper in either direction. Stanchions on the 1926 open
models were found to be somewhat weak and in later production they were modified
to have a larger base at the mounting area, typical of the 1927 models.

WINDSHIELD SNAP LOOP

This is the metal fitting that fastens to the windshield
hinge and to which the top support strap hooks.

The initial use began with the 1912 models. Prior to these,
the top support straps ran to the front of the chassis, connecting to a loop at
the radiator mounting bolt or to an integral loop on the headlamp bracket.

The loop was initially designed with dual-diameter ends; one
end being 1 and the other 1-1/8. Ford records indicate that on
December 29, 1911 the design was changed to now have a diameter of 7/8 at
both ends, with the two holes being 13/32.

On April 14, 1916 a note specifying this loop to be
brass-plated was removed from the drawing. The loop was to be made of crankcase
stock and was to now be tumbled and raven finished. On August 22,
1916 a note was added; Have shown loop bent at an angle of 22
degrees. This bend probably was made earlier since the strain to the top
straps would seem to have made the bend even if the loop was initially a
straight piece.

On July 17, 1920 the loop was specified for repairs only and
then on April 9, 1921 it was again specified for standard production. It would
seem that the sloping windshield was contemplated but then delayed. In any
event, this part was discontinued when the sloping windshield appeared in U.S.
production in late 1922.

The loop straps appear to have been black-colored leather
until about 1913 and then became cotton webbing until the 1923 models when they
were no longer required.

Evolution of the T-3827 Top To Windshield Snap Loop.

10/17/11

New design, 2 req. (Torpedo Runabout 1912)

12/29/11

Changed diameter of ends from 1 at one end
and 1-1/8 at the other end to be 7/8 at both ends. Also
specified the sides to be concave, curve having a 1-3/16 radius and
tangent to ends of the loop. Also changed large hole from .75 dia to
13/32 making both holes the same. Have also specified this loop to be
used on touring car 1912 after the first 20,000 cars and on the Roadster
with Rumble Seat, after the first 1,675 cars.

10/10/14

This piece to be used on Windshield for Touring car and Torpedo, 1915.

4/14/16

Removed note which specified this loop to be
brass Plated, and called for loop to be tumbled and raven finished.
Specified this loop to be made from crankcase stock.

Specified use on Touring car and Torpedo 1916. This
is to take immediate effect. All loops on hand to be used up.

8/22/16

Have shown loop bent at and angle of 22 degrees.
Specified for use on Touring Car and Torpedo 1917.

7/17/20

Have added suffix letter R to
above-mentioned symbol numbers, specifying these parts to be used for
repairs, 1915-20. Note: the above parts, and also other parts mentioned in
this communication specified for Repairs, will be considered to be
used for Repairs as soon as the new type of windshield is in production with
the 1921 type of touring body. Kindly be governed accordingly.

(Apparently the sloping windshield had been planned for
introduction with he redesigned body but was delayed until late 1922.)

5/9/21

Removed R and specified same for use in 1921.

5/22/21

Specified the first item in panel to be used with
Touring Vertical Windshield only. Also specified for use in 1922.